About Us

To advocate, educate, inspire, and influence the United Methodist Church around rural issues.

To be a fellowship (working network) that advocates, educates, inspires, and affirms rural and small membership churches, rural communities and the entire United Methodist Church.

To this end: we will be an advocacy group of United Methodist laity and clergy who are concerned with United Methodism's responsibility within the Church Universal toward nurturing Christian concerns in town and rural churches and communities of the United States and throughout the world; we will interpret the Christian message as it applies to town and rural life; and we will be a voice for the rural church and community particularly in the support of General Conference legislation that will assist small membership and rural churches to minister effectively in their community for the Kingdom of God.